Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Communications & Media Law

Harvard's Secret E-Mail Search: The Intersection of Internal Investigations and Digital Privacy

by Benjamin Fischer | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 3/14/2013

Earlier this week, Harvard University acknowledged the fact that, in the wake of last summer’s cheating scandal that rocked the campus, it had secretly searched the e-mail accounts of 16 Resident Deans. The e-mail search was...more

Will Oregon's Manufacturing Employers Be Prohibited From Demanding Social Networking Login Passwords from Job Applicants?

by Louis Santiago | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/12/2013

Senate Bill 499, introduced by three Oregon Senators on February 7, 2013, would prohibit employers and universities, both public and private, from requiring applicants to turn over passwords to their personal social...more

Employers Can Discipline Employees For Certain Social Media Activity

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/24/2013

A handful of cases handed down by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has left employers wondering whether they have any rights at all to regulate, monitor and discipline employees for what they post on Facebook and...more

New State Laws Prohibit Employers and Academic Institutions from Requesting Usernames and Passwords to Monitor Social Media...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 1/23/2013

An increasing number of states are passing laws that prohibit employers and academic institutions from requesting or requiring employees, job applicants, students, and prospective students to turn over their social media...more